Overview

• The reductions target administrative functions rather than operational roles, with positions to be eliminated through automation, process consolidation and digital tools.
• Management set a new mid‑term ambition for an adjusted operating margin of 8–10% from 2028 and still expects this year’s adjusted EBIT to clearly exceed last year’s €1.6 billion.
• Group operations will be streamlined by bundling IT and placing short‑ and medium‑haul network control for Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian and Brussels Airlines under a central unit from January 2026.
• The company indicated most reductions would occur in Germany, and media report the plan would largely rely on attrition and early‑retirement schemes rather than dismissals.
• Labor tensions remain a risk, with a Vereinigung Cockpit pilot strike ballot concluding Tuesday and cabin‑crew union Ufo shifting to separate airline talks after declaring broader negotiations failed.